Shilka class light cruiser
| Shilka class Light Cruiser | |
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| Class overview | |
| Name | Shilka class Light Cruiser |
| Operators | Far Eastern Imperial Navy |
| Planned | 9 |
| Built | 4 |
| Building | 5 |
| Active | 5 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 163.2 metres (535 ft) |
| Beam | 15.7 metres (52 ft) |
| Draught | 5.8 metres (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts, 4 KhTGZ steam turbines |
| Power |
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| Speed | 29 kts |
| Range | 4000 nm at 10 kts |
| Complement | 630 |
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Development
After introducing the new type of light cruisers of the LK 1908 Amur class in fleet scouting and screening roles, plans for new improved variants were drafted in the outbreak of world war I. With the increased size and range of foreign torpedoboats (eg. destroyers), it was felt that the Amur design was insufficient to protect the fleet against the larger destroyers. The Shilka class evolved from these new requirements. It was considerably larger more powerful design. Shilka class fielded 12 guns of which 4 was fitted in superfiring centerline positions fore and aft. Machinery was completely domestic with the KhGTZ turbines substituting the Vulcan-AEG turbines from the Amur design. Total of 9 units were ordered but only 4 were completed before the revolution.
Ships in class
| Name | Builder | Laid down | Launch Date | Entered Service | Fate |
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| Shilka | Dalzavod, Vladivostok | September 1915 | December 1917 | November 1918 | Extant in 1920 |
| Yalu | Dalzavod, Vladivostok | September 1915 | December 1917 | December 1918 | Extant in 1920 |
| Bureya | Dalzavod, Vladivostok | May 1918 | December 1919 | Fitting out | Under construction in 1920 |
| Amgun | Dalzavod, Vladivostok | May 1918 | December 1919 | Fitting out | Under construction in 1920 |
| Khor | Novaya Verf, Dalny | September 1915 | December 1917 | January 1919 | Extant in 1920 |
| Zeya | Novaya Verf, Dalny | September 1915 | November 1917 | November 1918 | Extant in 1920 |
| Hun | Novaya Verf, Dalny | July 1918 | January 1919 | Fitting out | Under construction in 1920 |
| Lyahks | Novaya Verf, Dalny | July 1918 | January 1919 | Fitting out | Under construction in 1920 |
| Taizhi | Novaya Verf, Dalny | September 1918 | May 1919 | Fitting out | Under construction in 1920 |
